The Samajwadi Party on Monday, April 29, dropped the candidature of Shalini Yadav and fielded Ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was sacked from service after he uploaded a video complaining of bad quality food being served to the forces from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Tej Bahadur is a resident of Haryana and in several media interactions, he had earlier claimed to have been approached by various parties to join them.
सेना के जवान तेज़ बहादुर जी को वाराणसी से समाजवादी पार्टी का टिकट दिया गया है।
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) April 29, 2019
Tej Bahadur Yadav had posted four videos on Facebook in January, 2017, complaining about the unpalatable food at his camp along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir. Yadav had further alleged that the senior officials illegally sold off the food supplies meant for the troopers.
Yadav had also said that he was “mentally tortured” and had expressed apprehension that his seniors may take action against him for exposing the condition of soldiers on the border.
The videos triggered outrage across the nation, but the BSF dismissed his allegations. He was later sacked after a three-month-long proceeding at a summary court-martial held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district.
